Sanni Franssi

Sanni Maija Franssi (born 19 March 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish club Fortuna Hjørring and the Finland national team.

Sanni Franssi
Personal information
Full name Sanni Maija Franssi[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Fortuna Hjørring
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 PK-35 87 (50)
2016–2017 FC Zürich (18)
2017 PK-35 4 (3)
2017–2018 Juventus 21 (10)
2018– Fortuna Hjørring 36 (18)
National team‡
2015– Finland 38 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2020

Club career

In 2016 Franssi was named Naisten Liiga Player of the Season after hitting 20 league goals for her club, PK-35.[2] Franssi spent the 2016–17 season with FC Zürich Frauen, scoring 18 goals and finishing as runner-up to FC Neunkirch in both the Nationalliga A and Swiss Women's Cup.[3] She returned to PK-35 in July 2017, only to sign for newly founded Serie A club Juventus in September.[4]

International career

Franssi played her first senior international for Finland women's national team in February 2015 against Sweden. She had already represented her country at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5]

She scored her first senior international goal in a 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Portugal on 16 September 2016.[5]

Honours
PK-35 Vantaa
  • Naisten Liiga: Winner 2012, 2014, 2015
  • Naisten Suomen Cup: Winner 2012, 2013
Juventus FC

References
  1. "List of Players - Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 6. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. Von Hertzen, Jesper (6 September 2017). "Juventus och Turin kallar för Damligans målskyttedrottning" (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. "Fotbollsligans måldrottning tillbaka i Finland" (in Swedish). Hufvudstadsbladet. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "Lisää suomalaisväriä Juventukseen - Sanni Franssi Vantaalta Torinoon" (in Finnish). Kaleva. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. Sanni Franssi profile at Football Association of Finland (SPL) (in Finnish)


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